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1/4 Sultani - Ahmed I
| Issuer | Tunisia |
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| Year | 1605 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Multi-line Arabic calligraphic legend filling the field, giving the name and lineage of Sultan Ahmed I: 'Sultan Ahmed bin Mehmed Khan.' The inscription is arranged in stacked horizontal lines within the irregular polygonal flan, struck in the typical hammered Ottoman style with no border or decorative frame. |
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| Obverse lettering | سلطان احمد بن محمد خان (Translation: Sultan Ahmed bin Mehmed Khan) |
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Ahmed I's accession in 1603 coincided with a period of renewed Ottoman administrative pressure on the Tunisian regency, and coinage issued under his name reflects the Istanbul-centered authority the Porte was reasserting over its North African provinces. The quarter sultani denomination was never struck in large quantities — the fractional gold series served specialized transactional needs in port and mercantile settings rather than broad circulation. At 0.86 g, survival rates are predictably low; small gold fractions were routinely melted when bullion demand spiked.